Rana
Meaning and origin
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Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Rana has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2014. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2009 | 8 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 8 |
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2013 | 9 |
| 2014 | 10 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2018 | 7 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 253 | – |
| 2000 | 273 | – |
| 2001 | 300 | – |
| 2002 | 337 | – |
| 2003 | 370 | – |
| 2004 | 388 | 10 |
| 2005 | 411 | 15 |
| 2006 | 462 | 15 |
| 2007 | 528 | 18 |
| 2008 | 586 | 20 |
| 2009 | 645 | 23 |
| 2010 | 674 | 27 |
| 2011 | 709 | 27 |
| 2012 | 744 | 25 |
| 2013 | 796 | 24 |
| 2014 | 872 | 27 |
| 2015 | 958 | 25 |
| 2016 | 1,123 | 28 |
| 2017 | 1,240 | 35 |
| 2018 | 1,305 | 40 |
| 2019 | 1,333 | 42 |
| 2020 | 1,355 | 43 |
Rana in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Rana.Hi! My name is Rana.
- Rana ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Rana called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Jag ska fika med Rana i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Rana this afternoon.
- Ranas mamma är lärare.Rana's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ranas mamma is Rana's mum.
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Questions about Rana
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How popular is Rana in Sweden?
2 babies were named Rana in 2022. In 2020, 1,398 people in Sweden had Rana as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2014 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.